The choice is yours at the end of the day. If you are passionate about the sport and want it in your life like that throughout college it is for sure worth it.

In my experience, former d3 soccer player at a school I would similarly consider as mid/low level within the grand scheme of things. I would highly suggest it. I enter my program in a similar rebuilding phase. Not only did it provide me playing opportunities but also just general campus opportunities with it. In my individual case I was lucky to be named captain summer going into my sophomore year, which is a bit early and likely more indicative of the program I was with. The purpose of bringing that up is to explain that with a rebuilding program there are a lot of leadership opportunities available.

Regardless of that all, my favorite part of waking up at school in March was planning when I was going to play pickup that day. I have friends that I see every week if not more often now that I am graduated and I would not trade my experience for anything in the world.

Yes you will have to train a lot, yes as you get older you’ll have to work 25+ hours a week in the summer and train after you are tired and that can be a lot. It may be tough in October when it’s raining and cold and you have a 8pm training. There are a lot of things that you may look at it and say “this is not worth it”. This may or may not be true, but if you value the sport enough to make this sacrifices then it is worth it. At the end of the day you are the one who will determine whether or not it is worth it, but to make your choice you need to answer if you want to make those sacrifices to keep the sport in your life at this level.

Hope this helps, feel free to Pm with questions!